.TH FREETYPE-CONFIG 1 "August 2024" "FreeType 2.13.3"
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.SH NAME
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freetype-config \- Get information about a libfreetype installation
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B freetype-config
.RI [ options ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B freetype-config
returns information needed for compiling and linking programs with the
FreeType library, such as linker flags and compilation parameters.
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Alternatively, it can be used to query information about the
FreeType library version installed on the system, such as the
installation (directory path) prefix or the FreeType version number.
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.PP
If
.BR pkg-config (1)
is found in the path,
.B freetype-config
acts as a wrapper for
.BR pkg-config .
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.PP
This program is part of the FreeType package.
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.SH OPTIONS
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There are two types of options: output/display selection options, and
path override options.
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.SS Output selection options
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Only one of the output selection options should be given at each program
invocation.
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.TP
.B \-\-prefix
Return the prefix value of the installed FreeType library (the default
prefix will be `/usr' in most cases for distribution-installed
packages).
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.TP
.B \-\-exec-prefix
Return the executable prefix value of the installed FreeType library
(will often be the same as the prefix value).
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.TP
.B \-\-ftversion
Return the FreeType version number, directly derived from file
`freetype.h'.
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.TP
.B \-\-version
Return the `libtool version' of the FreeType library.
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.B \-\-libtool
Return the library name for linking with libtool.
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.TP
.B \-\-libs
Return compiler flags for linking with the installed FreeType library.
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.B \-\-cflags
Return compiler flags for compiling against the installed FreeType library.
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.B \-\-static
Make command line options display flags for static linking.
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.TP
.B \-\-help
Show help and exit.
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.SS Path override options
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These affect any selected output option, except the libtool version
returned by
.BR \-\-version .
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.TP
.BI \-\-prefix= PREFIX
Override
.B \-\-prefix
value with
.IR PREFIX .
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This also sets
.BI \-\-exec-prefix= PREFIX
if option
.B \-\-exec-prefix
is not explicitly given.
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.TP
.BI \-\-exec-prefix= EPREFIX
Override
.B \-\-exec-prefix
value with
.IR EPREFIX .
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.SH BUGS
In case the libraries FreeType links to are located in non-standard
directories, and
.BR pkg-config (1)
is not available, the output from option
.B \-\-libs
might be incomplete.
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It is thus recommended to use the
.BR pkg-config (1)
interface instead, which is able to correctly resolve all dependencies.
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.PP
Setting
.B \-\-exec-prefix
(either explicitly or implicitly) might return incorrect results if
combined with option
.BR \-\-static .
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The same problem can occur if you set the
.B SYSROOT
environment variable.
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.SH AUTHOR
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This manual page was contributed by Nis Martensen <nis.martensen@web.de>,
with further refinements from the FreeType team.
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